This was the first time I've tried to "relax" or re-hydrate an old grasshopper specimen. Not as easy as a moth or butterfly! I was primarily interested in the wing posted earlier, but figured I might as well take a couple additional shots.
Both are stacks. 80/4 Componon-S for upper image, 63/2.8 El Nikkor for lower.
Lophacris cristata. Head, rear leg.
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Re: Lophacris cristata. Head, rear leg.
Is that due to the more robust build of the insects?Charles Krebs wrote:This was the first time I've tried to "relax" or re-hydrate an old grasshopper specimen. Not as easy as a moth or butterfly!
In the lab (various incarnations) where I spent most of my professional life we had a bottle labelled "Relaxing Fluid" (mainly used for beetles)which colleagues in other disciplines tended to suggest contained alcoholic beverage for staff consumption.
Harold
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